Molding powder



Patented Mar. 2d, 1934 MOLDIING PG 1M Kurt Ripper, Berlin, Germany No Drawing Original application March l5, 1928, Serial No. 262,@52. Divided and this am plication May ld, i930, Serial No. dlld.

Austria March it, ldt' This invention relates to molding powders and a process for making such products.

The present application is a division oi my copending application Serial No. 262,052, led March 15, 1928, patented lune 3Q, 1931, No. 1,812,374, for Molding compositions. This co pending application relates to a molding powder comprising a condensation product resulting from the reaction of unaltered dicyandiainide 1d and formaldehyde and especially to a molding powder comprising a mixed condensation product resulting from the reaction of formaldehyde on unaltered dicyandlamide and another com pound capable of forming a resinous condensa- 1E tion product with formaldehyde.

In the present invention a composition is ren-i dered available which gives an excellent heat reactive molding powder.

ll have found that, if together witlidicyandi- 2d amide, urea is allowed to react with formaldehyde (in a far less ratio of. formaldehyde than would be used if urea alone is allowed to react with formaldehyde for the purpose oi obtaining clear condensation products, that is, less for- Rd maldehyde than would correspond to l incl. o'

urea to 2 mois. of formaldehyde) not only a perfectly water-clear solution of mixed condensation products, but also a highly hydrcphobe resin is formed, which resin when treated with cold water so or aqueous solutions disintegrates to a ourlilre powder. This powder, upon drying, yields an `excellent. molding powder.

Also with thiourea there is formed a mined colloid which is precipitated from a clear solution f td as a hydrophobe resin. This resin, when treated with water or aqueous solutions is also very easily transformed into a iiourlike une molding powder.

The molding powders referred to above can y 4u be produced in any desired degree ci' fineness by 'the aid ol the simplest technical means; they can be dried very quickly and can be molded by the combined or separate action of heat and pressure, owing to their goed ilow under heat and to pressure.

" By pressing' these powders, either shaped aryticles or blocks, plates, and rods for further inechanical treatment can be produced, as the inaen terial, formed by hot pressing, very easily can be 6o bored, cut, sawn, turned, polished, etc..

The invention will be more `particularly illus trated by the following examples (not-exhausting all possibilities of the new process):

1. 100 parts by weight of dicyandiamide to ,y se gether with '71 parts by weight of urea are dis-fi lin (Cil, 26d-3) solved in o parts by weight of a 40% aqueous formaldehyde (which quantities correspond to a ratio of l mohof dicyandiamide, l mol. of urea to 2 mole. of actual formaldehyde) and heated in a reflui: boiler for about 2 hours. The mix- 60 ture remains Water-clean After about this time a specimen by cooling shows the formation of a highly hydrophobe resin which-when again heatedremains absolutely clear.

The reaction mixture is then poured into wab5 ter and after a short time the transformation of the resin separated into a iiourlike powder is 1inished. After ltering od, washing and drying a molding powder is formed which by the combined action oi heat and pressure gives water-clear 'Id molded articles.

2. lill) parts by weight of dicyandiamide, 91 parts by weight oi thiourea and 200 parts by weight of formaldehyde (by volume) (which. quantities correspond to a ratio of l mol. dicyanf5 diamide, l incl. thiourea, and 2 mols. of formaldehyde) are heated in a reflux boiler for about lll/2 hours and the solution is then poured into cold water. Similarly to the products described above, there is formed a nue' molding powder @d which by het pressing can be molded into waterclear shaped articles.

All these molding powders may be used alone or-owing to their high flowing qualities-ed with Various organic or mineral fillers or en dd tending agents. lf desired lubricants and plasticizing agents or dunes may be added for the pur pose of increasing the flow of the molding composition. As fillers, which increase the mechanical strength or' the pressed article, there may be used t@ all fibrous substances oi mineral or vegetable origin, as e. g. asbestos, cellulose in any form such as cotton-nook, wood pulp, sawdust, wood hour, corlr, n i: or the like, and finally fillers of animal origin such as wool, silk, leather scrap, etc.

The fillers can be incorporated with the binder before, d'luing or after the step of converting the resin into the state of powder.

' 'the articles pressed from the resin (with or without nllers) can be used industrialhf for many different purposes, for instance insulating ina-v terial, as substitutes for glass, milk-white glass, porcelain, fancy articles, articles of trinlretry, mechanical worlopieces `of all descriptions, and

the like. These are only a few examples indiiid eating the very extended applicability of the new products. l Instead of the dicyandiamide, derivatives of the same, as well as its raw aqueous solutions, can be used. And instead of the formaldehyde, its Il.

polymers, as well as other aldehydes, can be used. Finally, instead of the substances able to form with aldehydes, resin-like lcondensation products, also the initial condensation products of these substances with formaldehyde, as well as methylolurea and methylol thiourea, and the like can be used, in which cases the amount of the formaldehyde may be reduced as compared with the above examples.

No catalysts or condensing agents capable of attacking the dicyandiamide are employed, and no condensing agent is necessary to cause the condensation reactions, as indicated in the examples.

What I claim is:

1. A molding powder comprising a mixed condensation product resulting from the reacting with formaldehyde on unaltered dicyandiamide and an amide of the class consisting of urea and thiourea.

2. A molding powder comprising a mixed condensation product resulting from the reacting with formaldehyde on unaltered dicyandiamide and urea.

3. A molding powder comprising a mixed condensation product resulting from the reacting with formaldehyde on unaltered dicyandiamide and thiourea.

4. The process of making a molding powder which comprises producing a mixed condensation product by reacting with formaldehyde under heat upon dicyandiamide and an amide of the class consisting of urea and thiourea, allowing the reaction to progress until a hydrophobe resinous reaction product has been formed which separates from the reaction mixture on cooling, containing such condensation product with water to undergo conversion into a fine powder, separating s uch powder from the bulk of the remaining liquid and drying it.

5. The method of making a molding powder which comprises dissolving dicyandiamide together with an amide of the class consisting of urea and thiourea in a watery solution of formaldehyde, heating the so prepared solution until a hydrophobe resinous condensation product has been formed, pouring the whole of the reaction mass into cold water to precipitate the said condensation product and convert it into a ne powder, separating such powder from the bulk of the remaining liquid, and drying it.

6. The method of making a molding powder which comprises dissolving dicyandiamide together with urea in a. watery solution of formaldehyde heating the so prepared solution until a hydrophobe resinous condensation product has been formed, pouring the whole of the reaction mass into cold water to precipitate the said condensation product and convert it into a fine powder, separating such powder from the bulk of the remaining liquid, and drying it.

7. A process of the general character dened in claim 3 in which the reaction is started with a solution containing dicyandiamide, an amide of the class consisting of urea. and thiourea and formaldehyde in a ratio which corresponds to 1 `molecule of dicyandiamide, 1 molecule of the amide of the said-class and 2 molecules of formaldehyde.

8. A molding powder obtained by producing a hydrophobe resinous condensation product by reacting with formaldehyde upon unaltered dicyandiamide and an amide of the class consisting of urea and thioureal followed by contacting the so formed resinous condensation product with water to convert the said product into a flourlike ne powder free from electrolytes.

9. A molding powder obtained by producing a hydrophobe resinous condensation product by reacting with formaldehyde upon unaltered dicyandiamide and a urea followed by contacting the so formed resinous condensation product with Water to convert the said product into a ourlike fine powder free from electrolytes.

KURT RIPPER.

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